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Classical.Structures.Group.Subgroups

Subgroups of an arbitrary group

This is the Classical.Structures.Group.Subgroups module of the Agda Universal Algebra Library.

For a group 𝑮 presented as a Σ-typed structure over Sig-Group (per Classical.Structures.Group), a subgroup is a subset of the carrier that is closed under the three basic operations — that is, a subuniverse of the underlying algebra in the sense of Setoid.Subalgebras.Subuniverses. This module generalizes the concrete treatment of the Klein four-group in Examples.Setoid.SubgroupLattice to an arbitrary group.

Because the carrier of a setoid algebra comes with a setoid equality _≈_, a subset that is to play the role of a subgroup in theorems (conjugation, cosets, Dedekind's rule) must also be compatible with that equality. We therefore package a subgroup predicate as a record IsSubgroup with two fields:

  • respects — the predicate respects the setoid equality (B Respects _≈_);
  • isSubuniverse — the predicate is closed under the interpreted operations.

The first field is invisible in the classical (_≡_-setoid) case — where it holds by subst — and is exactly what setoid-based group theory needs; the second field alone already suffices to place the subgroup in the subuniverse lattice of Setoid.Subalgebras.CompleteLattice (see Classical.Structures.Group.SubgroupLattice).

The module also provides the curried closure toolkit: a subuniverse of a group algebra is closed under the curried _∙_, contains ε, and is closed under _⁻¹; and conversely those three closure properties (together with respects) make a predicate a subgroup (mkIsSubgroup). The trivial subgroup { x ∣ x ≈ ε } and the full subgroup close the module.

{-# OPTIONS --cubical-compatible --exact-split --safe #-}

module Classical.Structures.Group.Subgroups where

open import Agda.Primitive using () renaming ( Set to Type )

-- Imports from the Agda Standard Library ---------------------------------------
open import Data.Fin.Base                 using ( Fin )
open import Data.Fin.Patterns             using ( 0F ; 1F )
open import Data.Product                  using ( _,_ ; Σ-syntax ; proj₁ )
open import Data.Unit.Base                using (  ; tt )
open import Level                         using ( Level ; _⊔_ ; suc ; Lift ; lift )
open import Relation.Binary               using ( Setoid )
open import Relation.Binary.Definitions   using ( _Respects_ )
open import Relation.Unary                using ( Pred ; _∈_ )

import Algebra.Properties.Group as GroupProperties

-- Imports from the Agda Universal Algebra Library ------------------------------
open import Classical.Bundles.Group           using ( ⟨_⟩ᵍᵖ )
open import Classical.Operations              using ( pair )
open import Classical.Signatures.Group        using ( ∙-Op ; ε-Op ; ⁻¹-Op )
open import Classical.Structures.Group.Basic  using ( Group ; module Group-Op )
open import Classical.Structures.Interpret    using ( interp-cong )
open import Setoid.Algebras.Basic             using ( Algebra ; 𝕌[_] ; 𝔻[_] ; _^_ )
open import Setoid.Subalgebras.Subuniverses   using ( Subuniverses )

private variable α ρ  : Level

Tuple-vs-curried interpretation bridges

The subuniverse machinery speaks of tuple-indexed operations (f ^ 𝑨) a, while group theory speaks of the curried x ∙ y, ε, x ⁻¹ of Group-Op. The two agree up to the setoid equality: (f ^ 𝑨) a applied to an arbitrary tuple a equals the curried operation applied to the components of a, by congruence of the interpretation (interp-cong). These three bridges are the only place the mismatch is handled; everything downstream uses them.

module _ (𝑮 : Group α ρ) where
  private
    𝑨 = proj₁ 𝑮
    A = 𝕌[ 𝑨 ]

  open Setoid 𝔻[ 𝑨 ]  using ( _≈_ )
                      renaming ( refl to ≈refl ; sym to ≈sym ; trans to ≈trans )
  open Group-Op 𝑮     using ( _∙_ ; ε ; _⁻¹ ; ∙-cong ; ⁻¹-cong ; idˡ-law )
  open GroupProperties  𝑮 ⟩ᵍᵖ using ( ε⁻¹≈ε )

  -- The binary operation on an arbitrary 2-tuple is the curried ∙ of its components.
  interp-tuple-∙ : (a : Fin 2  A)  (∙-Op ^ 𝑨) a  a 0F  a 1F
  interp-tuple-∙ a = interp-cong 𝑨 ∙-Op  { 0F  ≈refl ; 1F  ≈refl })

  -- The nullary operation on an arbitrary 0-tuple is the identity element ε.
  interp-tuple-ε : (a : Fin 0  A)  (ε-Op ^ 𝑨) a  ε
  interp-tuple-ε a = interp-cong 𝑨 ε-Op  ())

  -- The unary operation on an arbitrary 1-tuple is the curried ⁻¹ of its component.
  interp-tuple-⁻¹ : (a : Fin 1  A)  (⁻¹-Op ^ 𝑨) a  a 0F ⁻¹
  interp-tuple-⁻¹ a = interp-cong 𝑨 ⁻¹-Op  { 0F  ≈refl })

The curried closure toolkit

A subuniverse of the group algebra is closed under each curried operation. These are definitional consequences of closure under the tuple-indexed operations, because the curried accessors of Group-Op are defined by applying the interpreted symbol to a canonical tuple.

  module _ (B : Pred A ) (B-sub : B  Subuniverses 𝑨) where
    -- A subuniverse is closed under the curried group multiplication.
    sub-∙-closed :  {x y}  x  B  y  B  x  y  B
    sub-∙-closed {x} {y} x∈B y∈B = B-sub ∙-Op (pair x y) im
      where
      im : (i : Fin 2)  pair x y i  B
      im 0F = x∈B
      im 1F = y∈B

    -- A subuniverse contains the identity element (the nullary operation forces it).
    sub-ε-closed : ε  B
    sub-ε-closed = B-sub ε-Op  ())  ())

    -- A subuniverse is closed under the curried inverse.
    sub-⁻¹-closed :  {x}  x  B  x ⁻¹  B
    sub-⁻¹-closed {x} x∈B = B-sub ⁻¹-Op  _  x)  _  x∈B)

The subgroup predicate

IsSubgroup B says the predicate B cuts out a subgroup: it respects the setoid equality and is a subuniverse of the group algebra. The record module re-exports the curried closure properties, so open IsSubgroup H-isSubgroup puts ∙-closed, ε-closed, ⁻¹-closed, and respects in scope for a fixed subgroup.

  record IsSubgroup (B : Pred A ) : Type (α  ρ  ) where
    field
      respects       : B Respects _≈_
      isSubuniverse  : B  Subuniverses 𝑨

    ∙-closed :  {x y}  x  B  y  B  x  y  B
    ∙-closed = sub-∙-closed B isSubuniverse

    ε-closed : ε  B
    ε-closed = sub-ε-closed B isSubuniverse

    ⁻¹-closed :  {x}  x  B  x ⁻¹  B
    ⁻¹-closed = sub-⁻¹-closed B isSubuniverse

Conversely, an equality-respecting predicate that is closed under the three curried operations is a subgroup: the tuple-indexed closure required by Subuniverses follows from the curried closure by rewriting along the interpretation bridges (this is the one direction that genuinely uses respects).

  mkIsSubgroup : {B : Pred A }
      B Respects _≈_
      (∀ {x y}  x  B  y  B  x  y  B)
      ε  B
      (∀ {x}  x  B  x ⁻¹  B)
      IsSubgroup B
  mkIsSubgroup {B = B} resp ∙-c ε-c ⁻¹-c = record { respects = resp ; isSubuniverse = isSub }
    where
    isSub : B  Subuniverses 𝑨
    isSub ∙-Op   a im = resp (≈sym (interp-tuple-∙ a)) (∙-c (im 0F) (im 1F))
    isSub ε-Op   a im = resp (≈sym (interp-tuple-ε a)) ε-c
    isSub ⁻¹-Op  a im = resp (≈sym (interp-tuple-⁻¹ a)) (⁻¹-c (im 0F))

The type of subgroups

A subgroup of 𝑮 at predicate level is a predicate on the carrier together with a proof that it is a subgroup.

  Subgroup : ( : Level)  Type (α  ρ  suc )
  Subgroup  = Σ[ B  Pred A  ] IsSubgroup B

The trivial and full subgroups

The trivial subgroup is the ≈-class of the identity, { x ∣ x ≈ ε } — over a setoid carrier the class, not the syntactic singleton, is the right notion. The full subgroup is the whole carrier.

  trivialSubgroup : Subgroup ρ
  trivialSubgroup =  x  x  ε) , mkIsSubgroup resp ∙-c ε-c ⁻¹-c
    where
    resp :  x  x  ε) Respects _≈_
    resp x≈y x≈ε = ≈trans (≈sym x≈y) x≈ε

    ∙-c :  {x y}  x  ε  y  ε  x  y  ε
    ∙-c x≈ε y≈ε = ≈trans (∙-cong x≈ε y≈ε) (idˡ-law ε)

    ε-c : ε  ε
    ε-c = ≈refl

    ⁻¹-c :  {x}  x  ε  x ⁻¹  ε
    ⁻¹-c x≈ε = ≈trans (⁻¹-cong x≈ε) ε⁻¹≈ε

  fullSubgroup : ( : Level)  Subgroup 
  fullSubgroup  =   _  Lift  )
                 ,  mkIsSubgroup  _ _  lift tt)  _ _  lift tt) (lift tt)  _  lift tt)